Table 3 Hazard ratios for annual mortality of planned dialysis by Cox proportional hazard model in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

From: The benefit of planned dialysis to early survival on hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis: a nationwide prospective multicenter study in Korea

Time after dialysis, years

Type

Hemodialysis

Peritoneal dialysis

Patient-years

No. of death

aHR* (95% CI)

P value

Patient-years

No. of death

aHR* (95% CI)

P value

0–1

Unplanned

1119.6

149

Reference

 

400.1

18

Reference

 

Planned

815.5

32

0.41 (0.27–0.62)

 < 0.001

441.5

21

1.15 (0.59–2.27)

0.679

1–2

Unplanned

1007.3

94

Reference

 

374.5

28

Reference

 

Planned

776.7

45

0.66 (0.44–0.99)

0.045

416.9

27

0.78 (0.44–1.38)

0.393

2–3

Unplanned

925.0

74

Reference

 

343.0

34

Reference

 

Planned

721.4

64

0.96 (0.64–1.44)

0.849

388.1

31

0.79 (0.47–1.34)

0.384

3–4

Unplanned

853.7

79

Reference

 

308.9

40

Reference

 

Planned

653.5

70

1.24 (0.86–1.80)

0.248

353.0

38

0.74 (0.46–1.21)

0.229

4–5

Unplanned

770.3

81

Reference

 

275.9

24

Reference

 

Planned

594.7

48

0.58 (0.38–0.88)

0.010

313.1

35

1.11 (0.63–1.98)

0.715

 > 5

Unplanned

683.2

180

Reference

 

243.5

64

Reference

 

Planned

538.2

173

1.08 (0.85–1.38)

0.535

274.5

67

0.79 (0.54–1.15)

0.221

  1. *Adjusted for age, sex, mCCI, serum hemoglobin, albumin, calcium, phosphate, 24-h urine volume, work status, insurance, marital status, and ambulation status.
  2. aHR adjusted hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, mCCI modified Charlson comorbidity index.